"This book features critical social studies scholars of Color and co-conspirators who share both their nightmares and dreams of social studies education. The authors engage critical race theory and its many branches and offshoots as a means to better understand the permanence of racism in social studies education in the past, present, and future. By reflecting on and sitting with our past, we can collectively heal and work collectively towards a better future for us all"--
This volume brings together critical social studies scholars of color and white allies from the US for 17 essays that use critical race theory to understand racism in social studies education. They discuss the systemic issues in the social studies discipline and how it has attempted to remain "racial neutral" in the face of systemic racism in the field and its curriculum, disciplines, and in the world, including how the field and its professional association has promoted racial neutrality and been disrupted by scholars of color, how recent historiographical accounts of social studies marginalize black people, and critical moments in the social studies profession. They also address how scholars and educators are applying critical race theory in preK-12 spaces, including early childhood education, global citizenship education, and high school social studies; their experiences with the use of critical race theory in classroom spaces with young people and future teachers, including youth participatory action research, cultural citizenship education, and ethnic studies; and dreams for the future of social studies in terms of making the field indigenous, centering black futures and liberation, and freeing it from violence. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Now more than ever, we need to teach the truth about history. This volume assembles a team of critical social studies Scholars of Color and co-conspirators who share both their nightmares and dreams for the future. The authors engage critical race theory (CRT) and its many branches and offshoots to better understand the permanence of racism in the teaching of social studies. The books first section, A Dream Deferred, outlines the endemic systemic issues and the ways in which the field and national organizations attempt to remain racially neutral in the face of the biases that permeate curriculum, disciplines, and the world. The second section, Racial Realities in Classroom Spaces, examines the various ways scholars and educators are applying CRT in PreK12 spaces. In the third section, Possibilities of Praxis, chapter authors critically reflect on their own experiences and stories using CRT to work with young people and future teachers. In the final section, Dreaming of Social Studies Futures, contributors outline their dreams for the future of social studies, envisioning an unapologetically Indigenous field that centers Black futures and liberation and is free from the violence that has plagued the field and communities for centuries.
Book Features:
- Offers race-focused analyses from a wide range of perspectives and contexts of study related to social studies education.
- Highlights innovations, branches, and future directions of critical race theories and methods.
- Explores how race and racism have been situated within the field of social studies since the publication of Gloria Ladson-Billingss 2003 edited volume, Critical Race Theory Perspectives on the Social Studies.
